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These leaders’ commitment to DEI got them the nod for president

University Business

John Karl Scholz (Photo: UO Website) With experience as a professor, economist and provost (which he currently still serves at the University of Wisconsin-Madison), his focus at Oregon will be student career readiness and postgraduate success. Outside academia, Scholz served the U.S. She is also a first-generation student.

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Support for Educators Is All Around

Today's Learner

As the virus swept around the world, faculty were reminded to band together in support of our students. Countless meetings and articles abounded, reminding us how students needed our empathetic support and understanding as they navigated the uncertainty of COVID-19’s impact on their academic success. But what about us?

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

Many political science majors do become policymakers—and the degree is a well-trodden stepping stone to law school. The question is how to measure and quantify—and ultimately justify and act upon—the value of non-STEM majors to students, employers, and the governments that fund much of higher education. Data can help do that.

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An Outsider’s View, Self-Worth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2018, Chua and her husband, fellow Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld, were investigated for allegedly telling students to dress like models for a better chance at winning a clerkship with Brett Kavanaugh, now a U.S. Some of her students are pursuing clerkships, while others are embarking on different paths.

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2022 INSIGHT Into Diversity HEED Award Recipients

Insight Into Diversity

It provides students, faculty, staff, and alumni with a single place to report nonemergency complaints or concerns, including those involving harassment and sexual misconduct. Adelphi also introduced Students Beyond the Binary, a new student organization focused on transgender and gender-nonconforming issues.

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Should professors still record lectures? Maybe. Maybe not

Inside Higher Ed

Many students still participated in the live class, and they shared thoughts about the policy in conversation and end-of-semester course evaluations. Alibali had 109 students; the most watched lecture video was viewed 84 times, and the least watched lecture video was viewed 34 times.

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How Post University’s Career Readiness Model Can Help Not-For-Profit Universities and Graduates: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 172 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Camille Dumont

The Change Leader, Inc.

Drumm McNaughton speaks with Director Camille Dumont of the Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) about how she aligned career services with academia at Post University to better prepare students for the workforce. CCPD also meets virtually with online students throughout the week.

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